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EPA/AR RIN: 2060-AR11 Publication ID: Fall 2011 
Title: ●Federal Plan Requirements for Hospital/Medical/Infectious Waste Incinerators Constructed On or Before December 1, 2008 
Abstract: On October 6, 2009, EPA adopted amendments to the September 15, 1997, new source performance standards (NSPS) and emissions guidelines (EG) for hospital/medical/infectious waste incinerators (HMIWI). The amendments were developed in response to the March 2, 1999, remand of the 1997 HMIWI regulations by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit (the Court), which requested further explanation of EPA's reasoning in determining the minimum regulatory "floors" for new and existing HMIWI. Sections 111 and 129 of the Clean Air Act (CAA) require states with existing HMIWI subject to the EG to submit plans to EPA that implement and enforce the EG. State plans to implement the EG adopted on September 15, 1997, are already in place, and revised or new state plans to implement the amended EG adopted on October 6, 2009, are currently undergoing EPA review. The deadline for states to submit revised/new state plans to EPA for review was October 6, 2010. If a state with existing HMIWI does not submit an approvable plan within 2 years after promulgation of the EG, sections 111(d) and 129 of the CAA require EPA to develop, implement, and enforce a federal plan for HMIWI in the state. The EPA adopted a HMIWI federal plan on August 15, 2000, to implement the September 15, 1997, EG. This action will propose amendments to the HMIWI federal plan to implement the amended EG adopted on October 6, 2009, for those states that do not have an approved revised/new state plan in place by October 6, 2011. 
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency(EPA)  Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant 
RIN Status: First time published in the Unified Agenda Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Proposed Rule Stage 
Major: No  Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined 
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 62   
Legal Authority: CAA sec 111    CAA sec 129   
Legal Deadline:
Action Source Description Date
Final  Statutory    10/06/2011 
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
NPRM  12/00/2011    
Final Action  12/00/2012    
Additional Information: EPA Docket information: Docket#A-91-61, A-98-24, and EPA-HQ-OAR-2006-0534
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No  Government Levels Affected: Federal, State, Tribal 
Small Entities Affected: No  Federalism: No 
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No 
RIN Information URL: http://www.epa.gov/ttnatw01/129/hmiwi/rihmiwi.html  
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No 
Agency Contact:
Amy Hambrick
Environmental Protection Agency
Air and Radiation
109 T.W. Alexander Drive, Mail Code E143-05,
Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
Phone:919 541-0964
Fax:919 541-0516
Email: hambrick.amy@epa.gov

Steve Fruh
Environmental Protection Agency
Air and Radiation
109 T.W. Alexander Drive, Mail Code E143-01,
Research Triangle Park, NC 27711, NC 27711
Phone:919 541-2837
Email: fruh.steve@epa.gov